Conference Accolades

2016

Team Champions

champion men's team

Champion women's teams

George H. Fischer Trophy Winners

Boston College and

Brandeis University

Champion combined teams

Sollee-Lilien Trophy Winners

Brandeis University

Fencers of the Year

Given to the top male and female fencers in the conference.

All-star rankings are used to select fencers of the year. The all-star who has the greatest victory percentage across all weapons in a gender is used to select the fencer of the year. In the case of ties, there are no tie-breakers defined; ties are possible.

Eli Polston

Vassar College

Sabre

Julia Greene

Sacred Heart University

Sabre

Rookies of the Year

Given to the top male and female fencers in the conference who are freshmen at the conclusion of the season.

All-star rankings are used to select rookies of the year. The all-star rookie who has the greatest victory percentage across all weapons in a gender is used to select the fencer of the year. In the case of ties, there are no tie-breakers defined; ties are possible.

Umar Masood

Brown University

Foil

Samantha Abbott

Sacred Heart University

Epee

Conference all-stars

We recognize sustained achievement by individuals by bestowing First Team (top 3 performers) and Second Team (next 3 top performers) in each weapon.

Once the bouts fenced threshold* is met, the victory percentage (greater value prevails) is used to determine all-star ranking . In the case of ties, indicators (touches scored – touches received; greater difference prevails) are used. Further tie breakers are undefined.

*Bouts fenced threshold: To be eligible, a fencer must fence in a minimum of 2/3 of the scheduled bouts in the season (minimums are 20 for men, 24 for women). This threshold is common to all of the conference's individual accolades.

Foil

First Team -- Men

Kyle Kennedy, Brown (24-1, 96.00%)

Elishua Litle, Brandeis (21-1, 95.45%)

Tyler Endee, SHU (28-30, 93.33%)

First Team -- Women

Jessica Li, MIT (27-3, 90.00%)

Kirsten Denman, Vassar (25-3, 89.29%)

Clarissa Allen, Brown (29-5, 85.29%)

Second Team -- Men

Umar Masood, Brown (21-4, 84.00%)

Robert (Tucker) Iverson, Brown (20-5, 80.00%)

James Turner, SHU (16-4, 80.00%)

Second Team -- Women

Audrey Lee, Brown (28-5, 84.85%)

Juliet Hewes, Tufts (24-6, 80.00%)

Joanne Carminucci, Brandeis (19-5, 79.17%)

EPee

First Team -- Men

Simon Jones, Brown (24-4, 85.71%)

Romain Cannone, SHU (25-5, 83.33%)

James Yoon, Brown (24-5, 82.76%)

First Team -- Women

Caitlin Stanton, SHU (31-5, 86.11%)

Signe Ferguson, Brown (21-4, 84.00%)

Samantha Abbott, SHU (25-5, 83.33%)

Second Team -- Men

Jonathan Alperstein, Vassar (20-6, 76.92%)

Cody Richard, SHU (21-7, 75.00%)

Matt Stewart, Tufts (19-8, 70.37%)

Second Team -- Women

Helen Sakharova, MIT (19-5, 79.17%)

Mia Volpe, SHU (23-7, 76.67%)

Gwen Mowell, Brandeis (20-7, 74.07%)

Sabre

First Team -- Men

Eli Polston, Vassar (25-1, 96.15%)

Tzer (Patrick) Wong, MIT (28-2, 93.33%)

Benji Lin, MIT (25-2, 92.59%)

First Team -- Women

Julia Green, SHU (35-1, 97.22%)

Katherine (Kaleigh) Mentzer, Dartmouth (34-2, 94.44%)

Cordelia Avery, MIT (27-3, +100, 90.00%)

Second Team -- Men

Alex Palabrica, Brown (24-5, 82.76%)

Kyle Berney, Brandeis (21-7, 75.00%)

Rahul Tasker, BC (18-7, 72.00%)

Second Team -- Women

Marney Krupat, BC (27-3, +77, 90.00%)

Annie Innes-Gold, Vassar (31-4, 88.57%)

Elysia Wang, Smith (31-5, 86.11%)

Elliot Lilien Award

Tom Hearne - Brandeis Men's Epee

Named after NFC founder, former Commissioner, and USA Fencing Hall of Fame - nominated coach Elliot Lilien. This award is given to that fencer in the conference who shows exemplary sportsmanship and an excellent parry system.

To be eligible, a fencer meet the bouts fenced threshold that is also applied to all-star eligibility.

The winner is selected by voting at the coaches and captains at the annual meeting.

Sachs Award

Acadia Kratkiewicz

Smith College Women's Foil

Named after Elif and Jason Sachs, former coaches at Tufts University. Given to the fencer "with the best record who started fencing in College." [from the award inscription]

To be eligible, a must not have had any experience in fencing prior to fencing in college.

All-star rankings are used to select the Sachs award winner. The eligible fencer who has the greatest victory percentage across all weapons and genders is selected. In the case of ties, there are no tie-breakers defined; ties are possible.

Coaching Staffs of the Year

Given for men's team and women's team coaching staffs.

The winner is selected by voting at the coaches and team captains at the annual meeting.

Prior to 2016, this award was the "Coach of the Year," and recognized the head coach of the team, or the entire team in the cases where the team did not have a coach. Starting in 2016, this award name was changed to reflect the contribution of the entire coaching staff, and the award was given in the school's name.